Age has its privileges, something Rick Bowness is fondly enjoying in the overtime of his coaching career.<\/p>\n
At 71 and by his count twice retired, Bowness hasn\u2019t lost the urgency to win in his latest interim job coaching the Columbus Blue Jackets. What he has also instead is that he is freed from the anxieties and fear of losing with Columbus in the thick of a tight race for the Eastern Conference\u2019s final playoff spots entering the last week of the season.<\/p>\n
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